The afternoon at The Bridge kicked off with clear signals on where the industry is heading. In the opening panel, @BlackRock’s Samara Cohen and @JanvanEck3 of @vaneck_us discussed how major financial institutions are moving past experimentation, with tokenization and stablecoins now central to their long-term strategies.

@BlackRock @JanvanEck3 @vaneck_us The Future of AI is Decentralized (sponsored by @0G_Foundation) @stack0G’s Dany Vaiman and Lorna Burchell joined @Amolsarva (@LifeXvc) to explore how decentralization could change who owns, trains, and funds AI. Moderated by @sgheb of The Tie.

The Future of Stablecoins @dbmarkley (@xsy_fi), @SmartestBeta (@CoinbaseAM), @rajachak75 (@StellarOrg), and @EvanTheFeng (@coinfund_io) debated whether stablecoins should remain neutral infrastructure or evolve into profit-generating assets, and what that shift means for institutions.

@BlackRock @JanvanEck3 @vaneck_us @0G_Foundation @stack0G @Amolsarva @LifeXvc @sgheb @dbmarkley @xsy_fi @SmartestBeta @CoinbaseAM @rajachak75 @StellarOrg @EvanTheFeng @coinfund_io Real World Assets: Use Cases With Everyday Impact Presented by @vechainofficial, @RVRSWIM (@keyrock), Astin Lau (@BitGo), and Ric Golubov (@FTDA_US) showed how tokenized assets are already at work in real markets, not theory but production.

@BlackRock @JanvanEck3 @vaneck_us @0G_Foundation @stack0G @Amolsarva @LifeXvc @sgheb @dbmarkley @xsy_fi @SmartestBeta @CoinbaseAM @rajachak75 @StellarOrg @EvanTheFeng @coinfund_io @vechainofficial @RVRSWIM @keyrock @BitGo @FTDA_US From BlackRock to VeChain, these discussions spotlighted how institutions, innovators, and builders are shaping the next chapter of digital finance.